Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament sooper as part of Young‰۪s solo

as part of Young‰۪s solo acoustic set at Farm Aid

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and (naturally) the rallying cry of KoolBrave himself - the Kool-Aid Man-as-Braveheart avatar the band adopted as their symbol

borrowing and squeezing together elements that should never have blended

The spirit and her viability is strong in many a corner

Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament sooper as part of Young‰۪s soloThe Ultra Vivid Lament is the 14th studio album from Manic Street Preachers. It is both reflection and reaction a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky. Musically The Ultra Vivid Lament is inspired by a formative years record box (ABBA, post Eno Roxy, the Bunnymen, Fables era REM, Lodger) though the end